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Re:Alan Turing's 'Morphogenesis' Theory Confirmed 60 Years A... by saraid216 on Sunday March 23, 2014 @12:10PM (#7453815)
Not really clear why we should be incentivizing mistakes. "Just say whatever," you might say, "If someone really cared; they'll do the research for you."
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Re:Alan Turing's 'Morphogenesis' Theory Confirmed 60 Years A... by qbrass on Sunday March 23, 2014 @04:01PM (#7454848)
It's the same principle behind Cunningham's law.

In this discussion, the mistake was corrected in about an hour and included citations.

You can argue the morality of it, but it gets results.

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Re:Alan Turing's 'Morphogenesis' Theory Confirmed 60 Years A... by nl on Sunday March 23, 2014 @03:25PM (#7454664)
Who said anything about incentivizing?

Corrections and even downvotes are fine. Accusing someone of acting in bad faith is completely different.

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